Humanities and Social Sciences
Our world-class research across the Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as our research-led creative practices and public engagement, foster social justice and improve lives.
Research in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences seeks to broaden the frontiers of knowledge and enhance understanding of the world in which we live.
Several of our disciplines are ranked very highly in the UK’s periodic assessment of research quality. We have a successful record of winning prestigious research funding from the UKRI, the European Union, the Leverhulme Trust, the British Academy, the Wellcome Trust and many others.
Explore our Faculty Research
Schools and departments
Faculty Research Centres
- Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations (CAGCR)
- The City Centre (CC)
- Centre for Childhood Cultures (CCC)
- Centre for Contemporary Writing (CCW)
- Forum on Decentering the Human (FDH)
- Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies (CECS)
- Centre for Environmental Change and Communities (CECC)
- Centre for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CEREES)
- Centre for the History of the Emotions (CHE)
- Centre on Labour, Sustainability and Global Production (CLaSP)
- Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CRoLAC)
- Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (CREMS)
- Centre for Religion and Literature in English (CRLE)
- Centre for Studies of Home (CSH)
- Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought (CSHPT)
- Centre for the Study of the Nineteenth Century and its Legacies (CSNCL)
- Centre for the Study of Migration (CFSM)
Our facilities
Broadcast-quality film-making facilities
Production and post-production equipment includes:
- Two film studios with professional lighting grids and facilities for green-screen work
- A range of camera and camera equipment including Sony 4K FS7s
- Lighting, audio and grip equipment
- Two edit suites with Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro X and Davinci Resolve
- Available via our online booking system Connect 2
Geography laboratory and field suite
We explore a range of environmental factors and processes including the concentrations of pollutants, greenhouse gases and river processes. Researchers will have access to a wide range of resources, including our laboratories for analysis, water chemistry and spectroscopy. We have equipment for gas chromatography, microtomography (CT) and a geo-spatial modelling suite.
Drama venues for rehearsal and performance
Develop and perform work in our versatile, professionally equipped spaces:
- Three rehearsal rooms: Two white box gallery-style spaces and a black box studio
- Pinter Studio: a 55-seater experimental space
- Film and Drama Studio: A 70-seater theatre and film venue with professional equipment including Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound
